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> Eagle-eyed readers of datasheets will notice that CYW43439 supports both Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low-Energy: we have not enabled Bluetooth on Pico W at launch, but may do so in the future.

Why wait?

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And delay the whole product launch until also the Bluetooth-stack has reached maturity?

My guess is either they're awaiting certification or the drivers aren't finished yet.

This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, but arguably a lot of stuff in pico-playground or pico-extras is not finished and left as exercise for the reader. This is fine if you already know what you are doing but not so much when it's marketed as 'baby's first uC'.

> baby's first uC

Is it though? Seems to me the marketing, especially this announcement, pushes it for commercial users.

From the 2021 press release:

"To help you get the most of your Pico, why not grab a copy of Get Started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico by Gareth Halfacree and our very own Ben Everard. It’s ideal for beginners who are new (or new-ish) to making with microcontrollers."

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2280/2293/products/068-069...

> but arguably a lot of stuff in pico-playground or pico-extras is not finished

Arguably? They straight up say that the things in those repos are unfinished or otherwise not good enough for the SDK.

Yes, and the wording implies that as they mature they would be merged into the SDK. Yet 18 months after release there was nothing done save for some minor janitorial fixes. Not to mention the lack of any sort of documentation.

It's the latter—they didn't have time to finish up the software interface, but I've been told that's pretty much the next priority post-launch.

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